Are There Any Up-And-Coming Composers?

Originally Posted by Chuckster

But I want to bring up the perception problem.

Yes exactly, a perception problem.

Official soundtrack releases are more likely if the composer is already known or the game company is known for releasing VGM outside the games themselves.

If you like to find out about "up-and-coming" composers you need to look what doesn't get published. And even then you need to double check since just like the majority of VGM never gets official releases the majority of VGM composers are very obscure.

Btw. I can't be the only one scratching my head over your mention of Follins as industry heavyweights considering Geoff Follin stopped doing VGM ages ago and Tim Follin regularly complained being incapable to make enough money for a living by composing VGM since that job is terribly underappreciated. He officially stopped doing VGM after Lemmings PSP.

Jam it back in, in the dark.